European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 schools update Stuttgart High named Pilot for aids education Stuttgart Stuttgart High school has been named Pilot school for the Dodds Ger Many Region s aids education program. The army film nobody s immune will be shown March 18 to Oil Junior and senior englis Clauet. Doctors from the army Hospital in bad clan Start will answer question following the film the film has been shown to the Stuttgart High school advisory committee and the school faculty. Maryland u. At Munich announces new program Munich a new program about life at the University of Maryland Munich Campus has in scheduled for prospective students and their parents. The first of two saturday morning on Campus program will be March 7. The second is May 2. The programs replace the Spring open House that Munich Campus has sponsored in the past. The two hour program begin at 10 . And feature faculty members and students plus Atour of the dorms and classrooms. Topics in clude financial Aid Campus life admission requirements and program  additional information Contact the Munich Campus admissions office at ets 440-6535or civilian 089-690-0093. Lakenheath student heading for Pentagon Wiesbaden the Laken Holh High school student body president will represent department of defense dependents schools students at the March 4-5 meeting of the advisory Council on dependent education in the Pentagon. Allen Wansky was nominated task year by the school and the Atlantic Region. The Council meets annually to discuss educational issues within the Dodds system. Also scheduled to attend Are european Pat president Michelle Thorn. Col. David Mason of the . European come and Shawne Cryder Man a first Gradt teacher in incur Ltd Turkey. Cryderman will represent the overseas federation of teachers. European Pat holding annual meet near Fulda Wiesbaden the european Congress of american parents teachers and students will hold its annual conference May 11-15 at the Rhoun Park hotel near fut a the organization is affiliated with the nation Al Pat which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Registration information can be obtained from Linda Rysch at 06021-93828, Bonn High to Host musical symposium Bonn Bonn High school will Host its seventh annual symposium on performing arts feb.19-21. Orchestra band and choral students from of cent Berlin Pitburg Bonn Brussels Hahn shape and Oesterberg High schools have been invited. A concert at the Konrad Adenauer school inborn will conclude the symposium. The concert is open 10 the Public. Methyl Fuller Ai 0228-379234 has More information. 4th special olympics set for Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden Germany Dodds Germany Region will hold its found annual Spe Cial olympics feb. 17-20 for 70 american and up to 40 German children. The Region s outdoor recreation Center and a German school for disabled children will help organize the Competition at the Skytop recreation facility. By Bull Naii diva Walcia w Caito Bow Lonj old factory to be army s 2nd warm base Hospital by Janet d Acostino medical writer when the renovations on a former textile factory Are Complete a new army medical facility in the nether lands will need Only nurses and doctors to transform it into a t,000-bed wartime Hospital All they will have to do is take the Beds out of the crates and they will be ready to Roll said maj. Jose Ramirez a 7th medical come operations officer help ing transform the factory into the army s second warm base Hospital in Europe. During a War medical personnel from the 348lh . Army Reserve Hospital in Pennsylvania would staff the facility which can be ready to care for patients within two weeks said it. Col. Larry Stephens chief of the logistics readiness division 7th medical omd. The warm base concept was developed by the army in i 983 to improve wartime readiness Stephens said. Setting up a Hospital with medical equipment stored at a Pom us repositioning of material configured to unit sets site can take 60 Days or More he said award base facility can be ready quicker because the Structure already is prepared and the equipment is stored in place. It won t increase the numbers of Beds but it will make More Beds available quicker he said of the concept. In peacetime the new facility in de Bezilel nether lands will be maintained by six full time dutch maintenance Supply Laboratory and administrative person Nel. The dutch will keep the Hospital ready to go ensuring thai the equipment works and that medical sup plies and drugs arc not outdated. Narcotics and sup plies that need to be stored under special conditions will not be kept at he facility which in an Industrial area near her Len on the dutch German Border. The Core of the facility will consist of a i00-bcd intensive care unit a surgical suite with tin operating rooms pharmacy radiology department and physical i Crapy department and an emergency room capable of handling 40 patients Al a time said it. Col Alfred Howard 7th medical come chief of facilities. Renovations began in january and should be com plete by the fall. Medical equipment for the new facility previously was stored at a Pom us site in eng land. The dutch government agreed to provide the space and do the renovations for the . Government to offset costs related to its Purchase of the Patriot missile system said Frank Gregg chief of Usa eur s Pom Cus team. The dutch government will spend $10 million to renovate the building and provide the space until april1. 1994, when the , army will Start paying the dutch for use of the property. The first planned use for the Hospital will be this fall when members of the j23rd Reserve general hos Pital from Southfield mich., arrive to care for service members who become ill or Are injured during the1987 return of forces to Germany exercises Ramirez said usar Bur s first warm base facility is being renovated in Chessington England. Koop says National threat of aids justifies advertising condoms on to Washington a surgeon general c. Ever Ett Koop told a House panel on tuesday that he favors advertising condoms on network television because the National health threat posed by aids overwhelms other  Koop said that such advertising should promote Dis ease prevention rather than sexual activity and that properly presented it would provide a valuable health service. The surgeon general designated the Reagan administration s Lead spokesman on aids did not state disposition on advertising in his prepared testimony. However he expressed Strong support for it in response to questions from members of he health and environment subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce committee. The threat of aids is so great that it overwhelms other considerations and advertising i think there fore is necessary in reference to condoms and would have a positive Public health value Koop said. He acknowledged that condoms do not provide 100 percent pre Lection against catching aids from an infected partner but he added with All the failures and drawbacks it s the Only thing we have in the Way of a  there is no vaccine or cure for aids and no one is known to have recovered from it. Koop said abstinence is the Only sure Way to avoid contracting the disease sexually but that s not terribly realistic in our  rep. Jim Bates a Calif asked Koop to comment on whether television networks have a particular responsibility because so much programming contain sexual themes. You could make a Good Case that if television networks do indeed peddle All the attractive parts of sex then they should be willing to also peddle some thing thai might prevent the transmission of sexually acquired disease responded Koop. But i think even without that relationship the threat. Is so great to the people of this country thai of itself the Public health message and the preventive aspects of aids that would accompany condom Adver Tising speak for  he said it is commendable that inc networks have voluntary codes on what they consider appropriate Edven Ising. But he added i suspect the Day will come thai the networks will see that this is a Way we can spread a Good Public health message in View of the overwhelming threat from  representatives of the three major commercial net works Abc lbs and Abc All said at the hearing surgeon Central c. Everett Koop that they do not carry condom advertisements because network officials believe they would be offensive to 1 tit viewers of Many affiliate stations. They noted that local stations Are free to carry such ads on their own and that condoms Art being advertised locally in 11 television markets. Moreover they said the networks arc keeping an open mind on whether to accept them for . Rep. Henry a. Waxman d-calif., opened the hear cat Irol programming with sexual themes. We cannot afford such selective Prudis Ness said Waxman. Television networks cannot continue to pretend that this Public health crisis is limited and that their viewers do not need to know about preventive measures